Combined poacher, steamer, and heater.



No. 827,894. PATENTED AUG. 7, 1906."

J. TRUMAN.

COMBINED POAOHER, STEAMER, AND HEATER. APPLIOATION FILED FEB. 24. 1905.

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JOSEPH TRUMAN, OF HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

COMBINED POACHER, STEAMEFI, AND HEATER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. '7, 1906.

Application filed February 24, 1905. Serial No. 247,1M.

' and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis specification.

This invention relates to a steam heating and cooking device, and hasfor its object to provide a construction embodying a steamchest forheating purposes, a pan for cooking by the use of a steam-coil, andsteam-heating bowls, all connected and arranged to one source ofsteam-supply. It is particularly adapted for use in hotels, steamboatand railway kitchens, wherein steam is used as a cooking and heatingmeans.

- Other and further objects and advantages of the invention will behereinafter fully set forth and the novel features thereof defined inthe appended claims.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Ihave shown a vertical sectional view through my apparatus.

The letter A designates a base or foundation, which may be of anysuitable construction and is adapted to receive the main portion A bymeans of a threaded connection, as shown at A This portion may be asingle casting, as herein shown, and is provided with a steam-chest Aformed as an annulus, which surrounds the pan B, the latter beingsupported in any desired manner. The foundation A is further providedwith a chamber A, into which the steam exhausts from the several partsand from which a suitable wastepipe A extends.

The pan B has disposed therein a steamheating coil B, of any desiredsize or shape, which receives its supply from the steamchest A saidchest being connected with any desired form of steam-pipe A andcommunicating with said coil by means of the pipe B, which is providedwith a controlling-valve B by which the steam to the coil may beregulated, and the discharge from this coil is through the dependingexhaust-pipe B The lower portion of the pan B is provided with adrain-pipe B closed by a suitable plug B, for the purpose of cleansingthe pan. Within the pan a perforated tray B is disposed and providedwith supporting feet or legs B to raise the same above the steam-pipe,this tray being provided with apertures within which bowls B are adaptedto rest for the purpose of cooking their contents. These bowls may beused for poaching eggs or any other desired cooking purpose, and the panis inclosed by any desired form of coverfor instance, as indicated at B.

In the operation of the invention it will be seen that the annularsteam-chest may be heated to the desired extent and steam fed to thecoil in said pan, so as to secure the desired cooking action withoutdelay and in the most convenient manner.

From the foregoing it will be noted that the pan is especially adaptedfor the cooking of eggs by heating the water therein through the mediumof the steam-coil.

Having described my invention and set forth its merits, what I claim asnew, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a steam cooking apparatus, a base provided with an exhaust-chambertherein, an annular steam-chest supported at the top of said base, acooking-pan surrounded by said chest, a coil within said pan having aninlet-pipe from said chest, an exhaust-pipe into said chamber, as setforth.

2. In a steam cooking apparatus,'a base provided with an exhaust-chambertherein, an annular steam-chest supported at the top of said base, acooking-pan surrounded by said chest and a cover for said pan, a coilwithin said pan having an inlet-pipe from said chest, an exhaust-pipeinto said chamber, an apertured supporting-rack within said pan abovesaid coil, bowls disposed in said apertures, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

' JOSEPH TRUMAN. Witnesses:

EDITH H. SMALLEY,

E. J. COLBY.

